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B3347 crash in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on 4 June 1994 at 17:45 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on the B3347 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 17:45 on Saturday 4 June 1994. The 20-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort, the 47-year-old male driver of the Ford Sierra and a 49-year-old male passenger in the Ford Sierra were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Jun 1994
Saturday, 17:45
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Ford Sierra
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.76427, longitude -1.7728, in the BH23 postcode district. The location was in the former Christchurch district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19945594C2014
Council area
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Police force
Dorset
Highway authority
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3347
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 November 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,298 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    2,792 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 19945594C2014 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole road accident statistics for 1994.